YOUNG WIFE'S STORY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 294, 8 June 1912, Page 5

YOUNG WIFE'S STORY

DESERTED ON HER HONEYMOON. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auokland, June G. The tale of a young wife deserted 011 her honeymoon trip was told in the Police Court this morning, on behalf of a fashionably-dressed young woman, Marjorie Reinaecker, who pleaded "guilty" to a charge of obtaining money by means of valueless cheques. Her solicitor (Mr. Grundy) stated that a little while back she came out to Melbourne on a trip with her husband (Victor Reinaecker), a London architect. They lived there in a boardinghouse for only a fortnight, when lier husband went away to England with another woman, leaving her only a little money, which was banked in the English, Scottish and Australian Bank of Sydney. The deserted bride went to Sydney. Seeing that the other woman had taken the name of Mrs. Reinaecker, and that she was getting accounts run up by the second Mrs. Reinaecker, she called herself Marjorie "Robinson," the latter being her husband's second name. She had to undergo in Sydney an operation for nervous trouble, and later she left for New Zealand.

At this point the narrative was taken up by Chief-Detective Marsack, who said that the young woman came to Auckland by the Maheno some five or six weeks ago. She made the acquaintance of some of the officers during the voyage, and one of them (Mr. Geo. Waller) cashed for her a cheque of £lO, drawn on the E.S. and A. Bank of Sydney. She put up at the Royal Hotel, but fell ill and had to go to the Woodside private hospital for an operation. Her bill of £9 15s at the Royal Hotel was paid by cheque drawn on the E.S. and A. Bank. When she got better at the hospital she went to the chemist's shop of Mr. A. H. Paacoe, and cashed another E.S. and A. cheque for £l2, with which she paid for her hospital treatment. These cheques she signed "Marjorie Robinson," and when Mr. Waller, on the Maheno's return trip to Sydney, presented his cheque it was returned marked "No account." Consequently the accused young woman, who had gone to a private boarding house, was arrested. She possessed several trunks of very costly clothing, but her cash had dwindled to 225. When she went to Mr. Pascoe she represented that she had a letter of credit for a considerable sum, but no letter of credit existed. Detective Marsack stated that since her arrival accused had been cared for in the Door of Hope Home, but she had there taken up the attitude of a lady boarder, which was foreign to the place. Mr. Grundy, putting forward a plea for mitigation under exceptional circumstances, stated that the young woman had influential friends at Home who had been cabled to, and restitution would be made of the money. Meantime she was ready to allow her costly clothing and jewellery to be turned into money for the same purpose. Accused, who was in a weak physical condition, was convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, a provision being made that she should go to the Door of Hope Home for twelve months (or until released to enable her to reach her friends), and conform with the rules of the institution. She was taken away in a fainting state.